J. River is the most functional with equal or better quality to Foobar or MM.
Can stream lossless to upnp or over wan to another instance.
Multiple zone playback, database driven, expressions, custom meta-data.
I look at reviews of Sonos and the price combined with lack of flexabiliry and customization is just laughable.
A good music server has to have, IMO, usability equal to its fidelity.
That said, netbooks getting cheap, one could choose anumber of great USB dacs if serving to another room/location.
Or buy a touch screen and build your sonos type setup as j. River just added ability to use their library server to control other zones (from one master instance on laptop etc ).
If using Windows, it's really the most functional front end while maintainig high fidelty.
Dc
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Can stream lossless to upnp or over wan to another instance.
Multiple zone playback, database driven, expressions, custom meta-data.
I look at reviews of Sonos and the price combined with lack of flexabiliry and customization is just laughable.
A good music server has to have, IMO, usability equal to its fidelity.
That said, netbooks getting cheap, one could choose anumber of great USB dacs if serving to another room/location.
Or buy a touch screen and build your sonos type setup as j. River just added ability to use their library server to control other zones (from one master instance on laptop etc ).
If using Windows, it's really the most functional front end while maintainig high fidelty.
Dc
Dc